Bayonne woman struck in hit-and-run in Jersey City: police

Google MapsA Bayonne woman was struck by a car at Kensington and West Side avenues in Jersey City, police said.

A 43-year-old Bayonne woman was struck by a car in Jersey City today, police said.

At 1:10 p.m., the Avenue A resident was crossing at the intersection of Kensington and West Side avenues when she was struck by a vehicle that fled the scene, police said.

Witnesses told police that the driver appeared to be man in 30s, 6 feet with a medium build and wearing blue jeans, police said. Police did not know how witnesses were able to give such a detailed description of the driver before he left the scene of the accident.

Police said they did not have a description of the vehicle or the direction in which it fled.

The woman was transported to Jersey City Medical Center, where she was treated for nonlife-threatening injuries, hospital spokesman Mark Rabson said.

Anyone with information on this incident should call the police tip line at (201) 347-JAIL.